Sly Fox Hollow

By: Brett Allen

Narrated by: Hoover Lynn

William “Bomber” Merridan is a small-town grocery store manager by day and a cryptid hunter by night. While Bigfoot is sexier, Bomber’s passion is for the legendary Michigan Dogman. Connie Hayes is Fox Hollow’s first-ever female sheriff, not to mention the first Native American to hold the powerful position.

Now, only months into her new role, she faces no shortage of obstacles from a town used to her patriarchal predecessor. Normally, these two would mix like oil and water, but when the town mayor is brutally killed, both Connie and Bomber set off to find who, or what, is behind the slaughter.

Not everyone in Fox Hollow sees the mayor’s death as a tragedy, though, and in a rush to fill the mayor’s seat, two polarizing local politicians use fear of the Dogman to stoke tensions and turn the once peaceful community into a cauldron of hostility, distrust, and political tribalism. As Connie hunts the killer and Bomber hunts his weird, regionally specific werewolf, they uncover the truth of Fox Hollow’s murky past, a century-old curse, and a sinister plot that could leave the town in ruins.

©2023 Brett Allen (P)2025 Brett Allen

Great story

The author is actually a friend of mine, and I was very much looking forward to reading this story, especially as a fellow Michigander that grew up in a small town. I’ve had the physical copy since it was first released, but have not had time to actually open a book in quite a while. So I was very excited to find this title on audible. I have to give all the credit in the world to Brett. I’m not disappointed at all by the writing, plot, the characters… any of it.

That being said, I think that the narrator is unsuitable for this title. The narrator has a very distracting speech impediment, and on top of it the pacing when reading through conversations can sometimes leave you confused as to who is speaking in the moment, especially because there’s not that much variation in the way of tone or inflection to help determine who is speaking. Further, there is a character that is read with one of the worst fake Irish accents I’ve ever heard. It’s a shame because the narrator doesn’t do the story justice.

Excellent story, lots of laughs

Sly Fox Hollow mixes a political commentary, sure to infuriate some, with a silliness and humor sure to delight.

A meld of the ridiculous with the ridiculous.

Performance was markedly more sober than expected.

Fun and exciting, loaded with twists and turns.

Sly Fox Hollow starts out as a comical narrative of a small Midwest town, but develops into an exciting roller coaster of twists and turns. Comedy, political satire, murder mystery, excitement and adventure. This book has it all.